> So, if i go all out in the effort to educate, i.e. refrain from
> showing any attitude, be the most patient, i think i'll be able to
> convince these morons. Should i? but i don't want to.
Life is short. Move on. Many are called, few are chosen.
Exchanges of more than a certain length are probably futile and
certainly become less and less fun. We need one fo your formulas: fun
times chance of persuading times prospect of producing world peace over
frustration.
I consider
> myself a member of the lisp community, in particular in the faction of
> emacs and emacs lisp. I don't see myself venturing into Common Lisp
> anytime soon. I have a personal interest in seeing emacs prosper. I
> don't have particular interest in seeing common lisp prosper. I mean,
> sure i'd help whenever i can, or even learn CL tidbits, but not when
> common lisp morons insist being obtuse and fuck with me. So, i don't
> think i'll let common lisp morons run around here without a moron tag.
> Yeah, Rainer and Don are morons. LOL. Rainer and Don, you are morons.
> M, O, R, O, N, and i think i will be sticking around here to make sure
> you wear the tag.
We call this a non-disengaging disengagement.
>
> Also note, notice how other lispers, who probably see the validity of
> my criticism by now, but they cower in their pants quietly and watch
> the show. How funny. Chinese has a saying on this: 隔桥观虎斗, meaning,
> watching the tigers fight over the other side of a river.
Nice. Healthier or non-combatants than "when the elephants fight the
grass gets trampled".
> What would
> be a english saying for this situation?
"staying out of it".
kt
